Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Paternal Family Tree: Wittelsbach
Maternal Family Tree: Tomasina Morosini
1396 Marriage of Richard II and Isabella of Valois
1407 Murder of Louis of Orléans
On 13th October 1364 [her father] Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria [aged 27] and [her mother] Taddea Visconti Duchess Bavaria [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. He the son of [her grandfather] Stephen Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria [aged 45] and [her grandmother] Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria.
Around 1370 Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France was born to [her father] Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria [aged 33] and [her mother] Taddea Visconti Duchess Bavaria [aged 19].
On 13th May 1375 [her grandfather] Stephen Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria [aged 56] died. His son [her father] Stephen [aged 38] succeeded III Duke Bavaria.
On 16th September 1380 King Charles V of France [aged 42] died. His son [her future husband] Charles [aged 11] succeeded VI King France: Capet Valois.
On 28th September 1381 [her mother] Taddea Visconti Duchess Bavaria [aged 30] died.
On 17th July 1385 Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 16] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria [aged 48] and Taddea Visconti Duchess Bavaria. He the son of King Charles V of France and Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.
In 1386 [her brother-in-law] Louis Valois I Duke Orléans [aged 13] was appointed Duke Touraine.
In 1389 [her brother-in-law] Louis Valois I Duke Orléans [aged 16] and Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti 1st Duke Milan [aged 37] and Isabelle Valois. He the son of King Charles V of France and Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France. They were first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England.
On 9th November 1389 [her daughter] Isabella Valois Queen Consort England was born to [her husband] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 20] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 19]. She married (1) 4th November 1396 her half third cousin King Richard II of England, son of Edward "Black Prince" and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (2) 1406 her first cousin Charles Valois Duke Orléans, son of Louis Valois I Duke Orléans and Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans, and had issue.
On 24th January 1391 [her daughter] Joan Valois Duchess Brittany was born to [her husband] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 22] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 21]. She married August 1396 her second cousin John Montfort V Duke Brittany, son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England, and had issue.
On 6th February 1392 [her son] Charles Valois was born to [her husband] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 23] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 22]. He died aged eight in 1401.
On 22nd August 1393 [her daughter] Marie Valois was born to [her husband] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 24] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 23].
On 11th January 1395 [her daughter] Michelle Valois Duchess Burgundy was born to [her husband] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 26] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 25]. She married 28th January 1405 her second cousin Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy, son of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy.
In August 1396 [her son-in-law] John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 6] and Joan Valois Duchess Brittany [aged 5] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany 1341 War of Sucession. She the daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 27] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 26]. He the son of John Montfort V Duke Brittany [aged 57] and Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England [aged 26]. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 4th November 1396 [her son-in-law] King Richard II of England [aged 29] and Isabella Valois Queen Consort England [aged 6] were married. The marriage being one of the terms of a twenty-eight year peace treaty with France. He twenty-nine, she six. The marriage sowed the seeds subsequent rebellion since there was no prospect of an heir to secure the Crown. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 27] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 26]. He the son of Edward "Black Prince" and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales. They were half third cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 26] attended.
On 22nd January 1397 [her son] Louis Valois was born to [her husband] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 28] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 27]. He married his second cousin Margaret Valois, daughter of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 31st August 1398 [her son] John Valois was born to [her husband] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 29] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 28]. He married 1415 his second cousin Jacqueline Wittelsbach Duchess Brabant and Gloucester, daughter of William Wittelsbach IV Count Holland VI Count Hainaut V Count Zeeland and Margaret Valois Countess Holland.
On 13th January 1401 [her son] Charles Valois [aged 8] died.
On 16th January 1401 [her father] Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria [aged 64] and [her step-mother] Elisabeth de la Marck Duchess Bavaria [aged 23] were married at Cologne. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. The difference in their ages was 41 years. She the daughter of Adolph de la Marck and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark [aged 51]. He the son of [her grandfather] Stephen Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria and [her grandmother] Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria.
On 27th October 1401 [her daughter] Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England was born to [her husband] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 32] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 31] at the Hôtel Saint Pol, Paris [Map]. She married (1) 2nd June 1420 her half third cousin once removed King Henry V of England and had issue (2) 1430 her sixth cousin Owen Tudor and had issue.
On 1st October 1402 [her brother] Louis "Bearded" Wittelsbach VII Duke Bavaria [aged 34] and [her sister-in-law] Anne Bourbon Duchess Bavaria [aged 22] were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche and Catherine Vendome. He the son of [her father] Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria [aged 65] and [her mother] Taddea Visconti Duchess Bavaria. They were fifth cousins.
On 22nd February 1403 [her son] Charles "Victorious" VII King France was born to [her husband] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 34] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 33]. He married 22nd April 1422 his second cousin Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France, daughter of King Louis of Naples and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples, and had issue.
On 28th January 1405 [her son-in-law] Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 8] and Michelle Valois Duchess Burgundy [aged 10] were married. She the daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 36] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 35]. He the son of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 33] and Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 42]. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1406 [her son-in-law] Charles Valois Duke Orléans [aged 11] and Isabella Valois Queen Consort England [aged 16] were married at Compiègne, Oise. She by marriage Duchess Orléans. She the daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 37] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 36]. He the son of Louis Valois I Duke Orléans [aged 33] and Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans [aged 35]. They were first cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 23rd November 1407 [her brother-in-law] Louis Valois I Duke Orléans [aged 35] was murdered on the orders of John "Fearless" Valois Duke Burgundy [aged 36] at Paris [Map]. His son [her son-in-law] Charles [aged 12] succeeded Duke Orléans.
On 13th September 1409 [her granddaughter] Joan Valois was born to [her son-in-law] Charles Valois Duke Orléans [aged 14] and [her daughter] Isabella Valois Queen Consort England [aged 19]. Isabella Valois Queen Consort England died in childbirth. Coefficient of inbreeding 9.29%.
In 1413 [her brother] Louis "Bearded" Wittelsbach VII Duke Bavaria [aged 45] and [her sister-in-law] Catherine Valois Duchess Bavaria [aged 33] were married. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of Peter Valois II Count Alençon and Marie Chamaillart Countess Alençon. He the son of [her father] Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria [aged 76] and [her mother] Taddea Visconti Duchess Bavaria. They were third cousins.
On 26th September 1413 [her father] Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria [aged 76] died. His son [her brother] Louis [aged 45] succeeded VII Duke Bavaria.
In 1415 John Valois [aged 16] and Jacqueline Wittelsbach Duchess Brabant and Gloucester [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of William Wittelsbach IV Count Holland VI Count Hainaut V Count Zeeland [aged 49] and Margaret Valois Countess Holland [aged 40]. He the son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 46] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 45]. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 18th December 1415 [her son] Louis Valois [aged 18] died.
Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 5th April 1417 [her son] John Valois [aged 18] died.
Chronicle of Gregory. 20th May 1420. Ande in that year, the xx day of May, the year of our lord M1CCCC xx, the [her future son-in-law] kyng [aged 33] come unto Troys, in Chaunpeyne, and there he was worthely ressayvyde of alle the lordys spyrytualle and temporalle that were there whithe the King of Fraince. And on the morne the [her husband] Kyng [aged 51] and Quene of Fraunce [aged 50], and [her daughter] Dame Katerynne [aged 18], and the Duke of Burgayne, mette to gedyr in Synt Petrys chyrche [Map] in Troys; whiche metyng was in the body of the chyrche. Ande thenne they went upe to the hyghe auter, and there were the artyculys of the pes redde, and the othys made on aythyr partye.
On 2nd June 1420 [her son-in-law] Henry V [aged 33] and Catherine of Valois [aged 18] were married at Troyes Cathedral [Map]. She the daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 51] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 50]. He the son of King Henry IV of England and Mary Bohun. They were half third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
Chronicle of Gregory. 3rd June 1420. And thenne was the [her son-in-law] kyng [aged 33] and Dame Katerynne [aged 18] swryde to-gedyr. And on the morne aftyr was Trenyte Sonday, that was the iij day of June, the year of our lord M CCCC xx, in the chyrche of Troys [Map], the kyng spowsyd Dame Kateryne, Kyng Charlys daughter of Fraunce [aged 51]; and thenne he was made Regent of Fraunce, and the convencyons of the whiche acordyd folowynge here aftyr, that is for to saye:
Harry, by the grace of God, Kyng of Inglond, heyre and Regent of Fraunce, and lord of Yrlonde, to perpetualle mynde to alle Crystyn pepylle, ande to alle that ben undyr owre obeysaunce, we notefy and declare that thoughe a here before dyvers tretes have ben be twyne the moste excellente Prynce Charlis, owre fadyr of Fraunce, and his progenytours, for the pes to ben hadde be twyne ij realmys of Fraunce and of Inglonde, the whiche here by forne have borne no1 frwte, we, consyderynge the grette harmys that have ben, not oonly by twyne ij realmys for the grette devysyon that hathe ben be-twyne hem, but to alle hooly Chyrche, we have take a trete whythe our said fadyr and us, that for as moche as be the bonde of matrymonye, i-made for the goode of the pes be-twyne us and our moste dyre modyr Isabelle [aged 50] his wife, the same Charlis and Isabelle ben made fadyr and modyr, and there fore take them as for owre fadyr and modyr, we shalle have and worschippe as it syttythe and semythe so worthy a prynce and a pryncesse too ben i-worschippyde, pryncypally before alle othyr temporalle personys of the worlde.
Alle so we shalle nought dystroble, nor dyssesyn, nor lette our said fadyr, but that he holde and procede2 as long as he levythe, and holdythe, ande he possedythe at this tyme, the crowne and dignity of the ryalte of Fraunce, and rentys and profytys of the same, to the sustenaunce of his estate and chargys of the realme of Fraunce, and owr modir al so holdyng as long as she levy the estate and dignity of the quene, aftyr the maner of the same realme, whythe convenable and convenyante parte of the said rentys and profytys.
Alle so that the fore said Kateryne shalle take and have dwer in our realme of Inglond, as [quenes of England]3 here a-forne were wonte to have and take, that is for to saye, to the summa of xl M [40000] scwtys yearly, of the whyche4 ij [2] shalle be worthe a nobylle Englysche. Alle so the maners, weyis, and menys that we may, whythe out transgressyon or ofFensys ofte5 i-made by us for to kepe the lawys, customys, usagys, and ryghtys of owre said realme6 of Inglonde, [we]7 shalle done owre labur and pursewe that the said Katerynne, alsone as it may be done and be made sure, for to take and for to have in owre said realme of Inglonde fro tyme of our dethe, the said xl M [40000] scutys yerly, of the whyche twyne shalle alle way be worthe8 a nobylle of Englysche mony.
Note 1. borne no. These words are taken from J., and are a true rendering of the text of the original treaty (see Kymer, ix. 895). Our MS. reads, "have ben frwte/' following perhaps some other translation in which the word "without" has been omitted. Vit. reads, still more absurdly, "have ben frendes."
Note 2. procede. A transcriber's error for "possede," i.e. possess,
Note 3. Omitted in MS.; supplied from J.
Note 4. of the whiche repeated, MS.
Note 5. ofte. We should certainly read, "of the oath;" but the words do not occur even in J.
Note 6. of owre said realme repeated in MS.
Note 7. Omitted in MS.
Note 8. worthe. with, MS.; corrected from J.
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On 22nd April 1422 Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 19] and Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France [aged 17] were married. She the daughter of King Louis of Naples and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples [aged 40]. He the son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 53] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 52]. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 8th July 1422 [her daughter] Michelle Valois Duchess Burgundy [aged 27] died.
On 21st October 1422 [her husband] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 53] died at Hôtel Saint Pol, Paris [Map]. The succession of the French throne was disputed between:
[her grandson] King Henry VI succeeded II King France: Lancaster
[her son] Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 19] succeeded VII King France: Capet Valois. [her daughter-in-law] Marie Valois Anjou Queen Consort France [aged 18] by marriage Queen Consort France.
Around 1430 [her son-in-law] Owen Tudor [aged 30] and Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 60]. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 27th September 1433 [her daughter] Joan Valois Duchess Brittany [aged 42] died.
On 24th September 1435 Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 65] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Otto "Illustrious" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ludmilla Bohemia Duchess Bavaria
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis "Strict" Wittelsbach II Duke Upper Bavaria 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Welf V Count Palatine of the Rhine Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Welf Duchess Bavaria Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Palatine of the Rhine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert IV Count of Habsburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Romans
Great x 4 Grandmother: Hedwig of Kyburg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Habsburg Duchess Bavaria
Great x 4 Grandfather: Burkhard V Count Hohenberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gertrude Hohenburg
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mathilda of Tubingen
GrandFather: Stephen Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrix Świdnica Holy Roman Empress
Father: Stephen "Magnificient Fop" Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter II King Aragon 
Great x 3 Grandfather: James I King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Montpellier Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter III King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary
Great x 3 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon
Great x 1 Grandfather: Frederick III King Sicily
GrandMother: Elisabeth Barcelona Duchess Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 
3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Charles Capet of Sicily Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France 
Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles II King Naples 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence
Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Provence Queen Consort Sicily
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Capet 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Béla IV King of Hungary
Great x 3 Grandfather: Stephen V of Hungary
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary of Hungary Queen Consort Naples
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cuman
Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pope Gregory X
Great x 2 Grandfather: Matteo I Visconti
Great x 1 Grandfather: Stephano Visconti
Great x 3 Grandfather: Squarcino Borri
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bonacossa Borri
GrandFather: Bernabò Visconti
Great x 1 Grandmother: Valentina Doria
Mother: Taddea Visconti Duchess Bavaria
Great x 1 Grandfather: Mastino II della Scala
GrandMother: Beatrice Regina della Scala
Great x 2 Grandfather: Jacopo I da Carrara
Great x 1 Grandmother: Taddea da Carrara
Great x 3 Grandfather: Pietro Gradenigo
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Gradenigo
Great x 3 Grandmother: Tomasina Morosini